EVENING' PUBLIC " LEDGERS PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESftAYt SEPTEMBER 17lttllV
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Mutln, Secretary nd Treasurer; Philip S Collins
fMmi B. Williams John J Knurcf on flr. tors
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"Ttca II K C rem. Chairman
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ZONE FARES IN A TRYOUT
pWEN while tht technique of lh ione-
fare sjstem was, being worked out in
Carcoen by moans of lebuilt teiminai-.
cash reg'sters and schools of lapio calcu
lation for trollej crevs, it was prett
plain to everybody but the 5treet-car
management that the scheme couldn't
be. either pleasant or effective in prac
tice. It was too complicated foi human
endurance It included too manv sug
gestions of comedy
The determination of the street car
company to change and simplifv its
Tnefhnfl arriinfl nr nffoi lns nf flltlln
and expensive experiments," wa3 incv- i
itable. i
Meanwhile some sharp questioning is i
likely to be msmred bv the collapse c! '
the original plan. The management of '
the Camden trolleys has contpicuousl.v I
oemonstratea us inaonu cu -ii( ci.v .
important problem of piactical operation.
Has it failed or is it failing in othei m
siances? Is it failure to meet other
practical problems of administration that
his been piling up the overhead costs
which, the riding public is asked to meet
with increased fares?
If the management of the Camden trol
lejy lines has been as inexpert in its
jsiarly routine as it proved itself to be in
formulating the new zone fare collection
system the wonder is not that the rate
of fare has gone up, but that it ha-n't
gone higher.
AN AGITATOR GOES TO JAIL
rPHE court in Jackson county, Minne-
sota, which has sentenced the head
of the Nonpartisan League to jail for
three months, on a charge of conspiracy
'Mid disloyalty, has acted with a proper
sense of its duty
Townlcy, the man in question, was
convicted by a jury of his peers on ade
quate evideiKv There is no doubt that
he was opposed to the war or that he did
what he could to obstruct the draft. But
he thought no one dared call him to ac
count, as he was the head of a large
political organization, with vast sums
available for propaganda. He knows
better now, for he has discovered that
there are limits to agitation beyond
which it is not safe to go.
," A TENOR AS A LABORER
Xl FIRST thought it would seem as if
the New York immigration authori
ties were going too far in refusing to
allow an Italian tenor to enter the coun
try on the giound that he is a contract
laborer. He had an agreement with
opera manageis under which he was to
receive $150 a week.
'But when one considers the matter a
ljftle longer their action seems to be
natural and justifiable. Ten years ago
a man getting S150 a week might have
been called an artist, but nowadavs.
wben freight engineers on the railroads
and conductors on jeik-vvater lines are
receiving $5000 and $6000 a year we can
notregard a man who gets a few dollars
more for working with his vocal cords
as anything but a laborer. Under the
circumstances the foreigner comes within
the provisions of the law which foibid.s
the importation of c ntract labor of any
kind.
SALVAGING AN INCUBUS
' TT HAS been no secret that the wave of
indignation which followed the Ger
mans' perfidious scuttling of the Scapa
Flow fleet was succeeded by a sigh of
relief. Despicable as the act was, it
teemed to dispose of a puzzling inher
itance of the war The intricate problem
$ what to do with the German ships
was accepted as solved.
fis 'And now a large part of that embar
xr4sing squadron bobs up again. Nine
teen vessels have already been raised,
including the great battleship Baden.
The salvaging of an incubus is quite cer
tain to impose tts penalties.
Even a well-meaning Fate develops Us
i determined opposition nowadays
VtalUA-r TUC oMJi--il o arT- r-i-
ejjunni i nt obnuuuo nnc run
IS well periodically to remind our-
el'eelves why we educate our children at
lie expense. There is no better time
considering this matter than when
nubile schools reopen for the work
&'& year.
wviWe- have popular 'government in the
Flfo.iiLJt R,fa Thr. tnninntv mips Tr
jLtf" the first importance that it be an
fcfOigent majority, with some knowl-
OI me principles ui Kuvernmcni.
vi is the source of the greatest
that can threaten a democracy.
P"J5 lift? Met up the public-tchool system
' aMtafWftiy to qualify our citizens for in
L JMyLt partiripation in the art of gov-
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40 jreceuv. jcu'd sii' wjja-
gandlsts has arisen, the members of
which have been tryinp; to convince us
that it is the first duty of the state to
teach the children the art of self-support.
Vocational training has been urged in
season and out of season as though it
were more important than the teaching
of historv. and gcographj and the ele
ments of economics. We are asked "If
ou don't teach a boy how to earn his
living what good is it to him to know the
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I Declaiation of Independence? as though i
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an unanswerable conundium had been
propounded. i
The question might be answered by I
asking another, "What good is it to a
bov to know how In earn his living if
bolsheusm flourishes and deprives him i
of the pioceeds of his toil by seizing it
j to gie to some indolent agitator?" The
cure for the c lis of democracy lies in
I making that democracy more intelligent
with a broader concentinn of the rights ,
0r man
If the persons, in charge of oui public '
schools will keep in mind the primal y j
purpose for which the schools weie o-
tnbllshcd thej will find it cnsioi to decide
wnac ciutngcs snouni ue nuiue in mi-
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THE VARES HAVE LOST
NO MATTER HOW IT GOES
The Rank and rile of Voters. Resenting
Organization Abuses, Old What ''Reg
ular Respectables" Wouldn't Do
TT M. bn days or weeks before we
know who is to be the next Mavor of
Philadclph s The unpaiallelcd close
ness of the vote will provide opportu
nities foi contests and recount.-. But in
the general nature of thn bal'oting, there
are unusual lessons foi the Organiza
tion, for candidates and for the unat
tached voter- who had th"ii opportunity
and mi.-sed it as usual. The rank and
file of voters, who make no elairis to un
usual idealism, almost defeated the Vare
ticket if the have not actuallv dn-
featcd it That, to anv di. coining leader.
must appear ominous.
Reform, as it u, generally undersiood
m municipal olccticns, didn't gain a
ccar cut Mctory jesterday either in this
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city oi in neighboring communities
Chcstei. et the experience of the Vare
oiganization and its major candidate lias
all the aspects and implications of defeat,
even while the actual results of the
majoralty frght are in doubt.
The downtown oiganization, if it has
escaped with its life, has -queezed I
thiough by the breadth of a hair
hurnedlv organized attack, conducted
without the aid of the more experienced
ward leaders, was sufficient to rock it to
its foundations.
The tide of opinion vva. definite!;, op
posed, not to Judge Patteison, but to
the whole sjstem of politics represented
by his supporters. With any other can- j people at laige by being their alert rep
didate the Varcs would have suffered I icentative in all afTans that involve the
overwhelming loss.
The -ilent vote, which was depended
upon to support Moore in force, didn't
tuin out The respectable clement, which
is ever dissatisfied but inactive, lemained
more or less inactive to the last.
The voters in Germantown, foi ex
ample, appear to have failed dismally to
j give Moore the support which he should
have had m that section. And so, for an
I indefinite period, their affairs may be
directed not in their bwn interest, but
! in the interest of South Philadelphia
I politician-
I The loss of the new Council to the
Oiganization would ordinanlv be re-
garded as a calamity. But unless the
, brothers Vare are far less astute than
i they seem to be they have learned some
I thing thiough yesterday's primaries.
i Moore started against a handicap rep
resented by 90,000 votes kept in a state
of readiness by Organization patronage
and the downtown tradition. That he
should have been able to overcome such !
a disadvantage and run at least neck and
neck with his opposition is a clear in
dication that things aren't quite as they
used to be in Philadelphia.
Senator Vare and his associates will
be wise to recognize this. The dwindling
majorities which they obtained even in
wards which they have been accustomed
to call "then own" ought to mean some
thing to them As experienced poli
ticians the Organization bosses must
know, that a continued reckless abuse of
political rights and the privileges of po
litical office will inevitably lead them to
a smash.
It was clear in all the balloting for
members of the new Council that a ma
jority of voters failed to understand
the opportunities and responsibilities of
the occasion.
If the bosses haven't been shocked into
a new sense of resnonsibility by their
glimpse , of a dismal finish provided for
them yesterday the new charter, in
stead of being a means to better city
government, may easily become a medium
for more elaborate exploitation and the
perpetuation of corrupt control over
very detail of municipal business.
Instead of being a representative and
responsible body, with an intelligent al
legiance to the people and the com
munity, the new Council may become
a close corporation to be far more easily
bpssed and managed than the old Coun
cil ever was.
Unquestionably the charter, as it was
originally conceived, provided unusual
opportunities for" better government and
for nn expert and intelligent approach
to all of the problems that continue to
harass the people. It was supposed that
the Council would bring to the ques
tions of transit and water supply, hous
ing and sanitation, streets und traffic,
the police and the fire 01 conizations, the
port and public works generally, some
thing like nn advanced and scientific
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But if the ratest return from yester
day's primaries nre not misleading it
may bring only the nan o -minded self
interest of old-fashioned ward leaders.
It may be that, with the evidences of a
better general consciousness revealed,
ng ,t wnq revealed yesterday. e can af-
forfl tQ et thf, nc Council 1 un wild
It will be an onormousl expensive
alternative for intelligent voting. But
,n thP end it ought to prove cftieient
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Thr narrow mnrp.lns , yesterday's
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primaries made one thing clear
The
' irform sentiment isn't a thing that can
in
It
If whooped up for election period
is a slow growth It gathers momentum
;ear by vear, rath"v than day by day
There was nothing hysterical in the
opposition with which the Vare organi
zation had. to contend in the greatest
fight of its existence. The sentiment be
hind Congressman Moore originated in
a general impatience with the abuses
of bo-s control and a gradually increas
ing distaste for the practices of "gangs
That feeling was not limited to the ele
ment which considers itself supenoi If
wa genera! all over the citv
Congressman .Moore, if be is elected,
will have a clear mad He represents
the iort of thing that the majority of the
people unquestionably desiie at Cit
Hall, even when it hasn't the eneigy to
obtain it. It is upon Judge Palter.-on,
hovcvei, that immense lesponsibilities
would rest if in a final count he won over
I Congrcs-nian Moore. The people are
generous in their judgments. The.v have
a half humoious. half hopeful belief in
election promise8. They go along, seem-
I mgly. with a patient belief that some
i da; or other they will be startled bv a
candidate who. after he get, in office
will keep his promises to them
Judge Patterson polled a large vote
ch'efiy because the people liked him. He
assumed a position in which he was
forced to depend upon this tentiment to
continue a political condition that is
obviously not beneficial or desirable He
could be a good Ma.vor if he would be a
courageous one. ny man in the Major's
office can do an incalculable seivice to the
new Council during the fust joars of its
I existence. His criticism and his advice,
his alertne-s and ability to discern flaws
might serve to make the people avvaie
of their opportunities undei the new
I chartei in Older that at some futuie
election they may actually establish the
I ideal Council as it was provided for un-
I der the new scheme of mumcipa' adnun-
istration
STATUS OF HOG ISLAND
WORD comes from Washington that
the government i to sell the Hog
I Island plant to the Amencan Interna-
tional Corporation and that that corpora
tion will transform it into a great tci
i mmal.
If this be well founded, then the plans
that were made before the shipbuilding
plants weie constructed are to be car-
ried out.
The American International Corpora
I tion bought Hog Island before the war
as the site for a great shipping terminal.
I When the war started it entered into an
i agreement with the government to turn
the property into a shipbuilding plant,
but the piers and railroad tracks were
constructed in such a way that they
could be used for commeice when the war
was over
There wa- an understanding that the
government might exercise an option on
the land and take over the whole enter
prise if it chose to do so, and that if it
did not choose to buy the land the Ameri
can International Coiporation could buy
the plant that had been constructed at a
figure to be agreed upon.
If the Washington report is true, then
the government has decided not to exer
cise its option, but will allow the Ameri
can International Corporation to take
over the property and carry out the plans
that it made in the first place.
A BAROMETER OF UNREST
TN THE steel industry, rather than in
- the hubbub at Boston or among rail
way men, it is possible to find the quick
est and truest reflections of changing
opinion on both sides of the labor dispute.
Recently there have been signs to indi
cate that the men who direct vthe steel
business of the country are actually with
out hope of a peaceable settlement of the
questions raised by their men. Their at
titude has been one of desper
ate resignation to a general strike
inspired by a feeling that the resources
of the steel industry are nof, adequate to
meet the demands being made upon it.
The men themselves seem determined to
press their demands to the limit. Both
sides appeared braced for a long struggle
when the President intervened with a re
quest that issues in question bk submit
ted to the industrial conference at Wash
ington before a call for a strike.
A temporary paralysis or the steel in
dustry would disastrously affect every
line of business in the United States. It
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calculable delays in the general work of
reconstruction here and In Europer Each
side in the controversy would rather face
a crisis than show the willingness to com
promise which might be interpreted ns a
sign of weakness. The conference which
Mr. Wilson has proposed may provide
the method needed to permit a reason
able thawing out among nil parties, not
only in the steel business but elsewhere.
THE POST-WAR EXODUS
TWEAKS that foieignen in America
- would flock back to Europe as soon
as the fighting ceased prove to be just
as groundless ns the prospect of that
terrible deluge of Euiopean goods which
was to have upset our industrial struc
ture. The prostration abroad still post
pones that danger. The exodus peril is
not likely to materialize at nil.
Mr. Caminetti, the commissioner gen
eral of immigration, icports that only
about 100,000 foreigncis have left this
country since the armistice was signed,
and that the situation is perfectly
natural, and, ns usual, many will icturn.
In spite of professional alarmists normal
adjustment processes have a way of as
serting themselves even after a world
war.
Theie will, howevei. be a rush to
Europe, one which will not come within
the immigration commissioner's province,
when thp multitude of American vaca-i
tionists icsume their summer practice of
hurnedlv inspecting the Old World. That
movement, too, will be quite noimal,
with the dizzy price of steamship faies
a- ihout the only check on the flow.
THE THIRD TERM
OENATOR SHERMAN has lead the
third-teim gossip in the dispatches of
the correspondents accompanying the
President, and he has paid his respects
to the proposition.
But the senator should not be too
severe on the President We do not
know whether he is considering a third
term or not, but when one looks over the
field there seems to be a lack of available
Democratic timber There has been talk
of Daniels and Baker and McAdoo, but
each of these men is weak or vulnerable.
The Demociatic narty has for nearly
forty years been the paity of perpetual
candidates, for when it has found a man
with any strength it has lun h'm till he
was run into the ground or till he failed
to represent the party
Cleveland, who was elected in 1884,
ran twice more, and if it had not been
for the strength of the free-silver wing
of the party he might have uin a fourth
time. Biyan, who leceived the nomina
tion in 189G, was nominated twice 'more
and hasbeen a candidate for the nomina
tion in every convention of his party
since he first stampeded it by his sophis
tical crown of thorns and cross of gold
speech.
The party will disregaid its precedents
if Mr. Wilson is not nominated again.
MORE OF IT
"DUTLERS have not yet rioted in the
-"- streets. The valets are still working.
But no one can say how long peace will
last. It is the barbeis who are now nail
ing their flag to the mast and clamoring
for a larger share in the piofits.
This is far moie sciious than it might
appear. It actually carncs us a bit
nearei to bolshevism, since no man
thinks or acts lationally when he hasn't
been shaved for days. Ml Reds hate the
razor.
Do beards beget bolshcv ism or does
bolshevism beget beards' We shall see
if the barbers' strike continues. Mean
while it is easier to foresee the time when
the great unorganized masses will rise in
wrath and make demonstrations in the
streets. That will be when we' nil have
to cut cjr own hair.
What blithrriiip; idiot
Straws anil (lie derided tlmt straw
September Wind lints should he banned
September 115? Who
ever it was must hne bifii surprised at the
iheerful alaeritj with wlmh the human
sheen, followed his lead n cnniilRint need
be made of the sheep The trouble comes
when the flock turns into a drove of raven
iuk wolves. This metamorphosis occasion
all.v occurH on tins date, anil peaceful though
absent-minded or umomentionnl citizens are
not only robbrd of thdr personal propertj
but assaulted into the bargain. In Xew
York on Manila nn nttnek on a man bear
ing a straw lint led to a not and loss of
life. It is time that the polne put a stop
to this particular brand of hoodliimisni.
To ,inid the flu, sa.vs
An Impossible Pnctor Kruseu. ou
Precaution must be cheerful Kor
the sake of a great
man ex -candidates and (lection bettors
and ward workers who were mvolted in ves
terday's fight let us hope that Doctor Kru
seu is wrong
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Barbers' strikes will
The ."Millennium alvvavs have a serious
!ispe t until one can
learn to cut oue's hair with a safetj razor.
A Princeton I niveisity aviation in
structor took nn airplane flight Inst Sunday
and was arrested in Crnnbur.v. N. ,J., for
disturbing the peace during church service
nnd frightening the untie Case of serviug
gasoline turkey with Crnnbur xnuce.
The Swiss commission of the national
council is on record us favoring the league
of nations. .By way of appro iation of the
fact the United State Senate will endeavor
to fill it ns full of holes as a Swiss cheese.
Turkey has replied to the note of Presi
dent Wilson demanding that disorders cease
In that countr, nnd has piomlsed to be
good. No reference is made to Boston In
the repl.
The Kolchnk artm litis been captured
again. Now if the Ilolshevists will oblig
ingly be complete! routed om4-,moie honors
will be even.
Munlcipnl campaigns are designed to
prove the truth of the Preacl.er's words
that all men are liars.
Dispatches from the Mexlcau border
Hcem to indicate that Captain Mntlack Is
doing all the fighting
The wlsf mnn refused to prophesy until
the returbs were in
Nero has nothing on the etatesmau who
plays politics while the world bleeds.
CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S
LETTER
Suggestion for a Greater Philadelphia.
Gossip About Theodore Justice,
Doctor Keen. George F. Hoff
man and Others
LOTS of .Main Liners who do business In
' Philadelphia eased up their travels
during the Philadelphia mayoralty fight by
discussing that situation Home of them
vote in Philadelphia the question of resi
dence Is now becoming nn Important mat
ter since Senator Vare, of Ambler, proved
up a downtown lesldcnce nnd some of them
don't. John C Hell, former attorney gen
eral; Howard It. French, Henry V. Thomp
son nnd Muidoch Kendriek are of this group.
The. all hnve their coimtx plnces, just ns
Senator nrc John It K. Scott nnd Judge
Patterson do Of course, the.v nre nil
closel identified with Philadelphia nffnirx.
hut the fnel that so many Plillndelphians
engaged in commercial nnd professional ac
tivities nre going into the adjoining counties
for suniniei residences suggests what might
he termed the "ultimate (Srcater Philadel
phia " Bucks lounty on the north: Mont
gomery Chester nnd Delnwnre on the west
and sou Ih what n tine prospect some day
for nn amalgamntinn under the Philadelphia
banner of the cities nnd boroughs that are
growing up lound about us! Chester nnd
Bristol nnd Norristovvn would not now con
sent to annexation, but the.v nre all in thfl
port of Philadelphia us is Camden nnd
other southern New Jersey cities. As it
now stands. Philadelphia is second in man
ufactures nnd population to New York
nnii of us think Philadelphia is first in
oiiginal manufacturing production but if it
should ever come to pass that Philadelphia's
boundnr.v lines should be widened to include
some of the adjoining territory which,
under proper police protection nnd munici
pal improvements, might he better off
Chicago, which resorted to the scheme of
annexing territory, nnd New York, the first
citv in population, would lertninh have to
light for place.
Tin;
Pa
UK Society of the Friendly Sons of St.
some rnttling good speakers, but it still in
clines toward Washington for one or two
relcbrities for Its Inrge functions. Queer
when ou have men like Judge Rogers nnd
the Dooners, Hugh McCaffre.v Cornelius
Ilaggartv. Jr. and Dr L. Webster Fox,
that the capital should he drawn on for
orators, nnd .vet it i- the hnbit of Philadel
phia societies to continue this practice.
knowing full well there is as much,, elo
quence ut home ns there Is in Wnshington,
But the Friendl Sons, much ns the.v love
to dine and to celebrate, nre public-spirited
like their forefnthers. who gathered together
when (icorgc Washington was yet 0iing
"for the relief of immigiants from Ireland. "
and it is a liltonc fact that Washington
was vcr.v friendly with the Friendly Sons of
his dav. The president of the orgnnizntion
this year is Judge JHunrlcs It McMichnrl,
nud the secretarv, whose service runs back
to n period which tests the memory of the
seniors, is Thomas I). Ferguson.
rpm:onom: .irsTici;. oid-time cimm-
-- pinn of the Republican doctrine of pro
tection to Amerlian industry nnd still a
firm believer in that principle, traveled 700
miles to register for the ma.voraltv pri
mnries. Mr. Justice lmd been off on a
journey somewhere up in Maine along the
border line of Canada Although retired
from business and beginning to take life
easy. Mr. Justice is a lover of horseflesh, n
graceful rider and one of the imposing
figures on fnir da.vs in Fnirniount Pnrk.
He lias studied the horse nt home nnd nbroad
nud knows his pedigree from the days of the
Kgyptinns. Dr. . W Keen, the dean of
Philadelphia surgeons, nlso mnde a long run
home to vote,
WIIKX n man doesn't marry and still
prospers hp can find good work to do
if he cares to devote his attention to It.
(leorge F. Hoffman is this kind of man.
He knows the cotton business fiom A to 'A.
That's how be gets the wherewithal, but
Cicorge has n big beait and u host of friends
nnd lie has even attained the honor of being
"mentioned for Mayor." Hut the big thing
with (ieorge is the dishing Acndemv up at
Asliburiihnni, Mass. There isn't n dnv that
Ocorge does not think up something good
for Cusliing he has made It friends and
given it Histinction. One of his big adiieve
ments not long ago was to have Judge Nnrris
S Bnrrntt go up to Ashburnhnm to tell the
stor.v of "Methodism." nud ns the judge
dates back to llnrrntt's Chapel, Delaware,
thnt speech was worth while.
lyTAYOR IIYDK. of Charleston, is Hear-"-
ing the wu.v for thebig convention of
the Atlantic Deeper Wnterwa.vs Associntion
which is to mobilize in Philadelphia and
proceed South after the November election.
Charleston is looking forward to this event
with great interest. The Charleston mayor
went through an exciting campaign ngalnst
the old Democratic mm bine and for n time
the result seemed to linn? upon one vote in
fnvor of the ninor. A fine old contest is
said to be brewing, but it probabh will be
settled bj the time the wnterwa.v forces put
in nn nppenrnnce nud gnze some of them
for the first time upon th,p "Batter" and
old Fort Sumter.
Tr D. SWISIIUn and Hnrr.v Dunlap. the
printer, nre cronicn and like to go on
the same boat wl.cn vacation time sets in.
There is something in the make-up of the
two men which tends toward the water.
Being musically inclined. Swisher likes the
s'wash of the waves. Dunlap goes along be
cause he thinks the time has come to ense
up. and he known Brother Hlrsh is on the
job at the big printer'. Neither Florida nor
Maine is too fnr for either of these two trav
elers in the proper senfou
TT PAUL BAUNHS, one of the bright
I XX young assistants of the Keasbey &
Mnttison Company nt Ambler, is overlooking
Toms River and Barnegnt Bn.v for n brief
spell. Paul Is a University of Pennnylvnnia
rrndunte. win eulisted ns an nvlntor durintr
the wnr nnd hud the thrilling experience of
n tumble from a high altitude, due to faulty
machinery in the aircraft. He was injured
severely, but s still game and hankering
for a chance to tly, seeing thnt aviation along
the scaconst has become a favorite with fish
ermen and duck hunters since active hos
tilltles ceased.
THH boys around the trainahed on the
Camden side of the Market street ferry
like to discuss the big fellows they have
known One of them recently was pointing
out Admiral Harry B. Wilson, whom Cam
den now delights to celebrate, but the con
versation drifted back to Wnlt Whitman,
the good graj poet, who was wont to spend
n great deal of his time talking with the
train men and the deck hands, ffhe way
to the train is the road of the rich and the
poor, and the average fellow around the
station recalls his Matt Quay, hH Jlm
Rlaine and his Benjamin Harrison. He
does not forget the days when President
Harrison crossed the ferry on hlr way to the
"cottage wbtrh John Wanamaker provided
for him at Cape Slay Point.
AQUF.STION has been raised as to the
right of a member of Congress to serve
a district in which he does cot actually re
side. The dUpute over the residence of
THE CHAFFING DISti
To the Winner Whoever 'Me Isl
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In hoc elgno vlnccs
A Straw Vote
According to the pictures, Ilnmpy went
to the poll In a straw ll'd. As' compensation,
It seems to us, he should hnve voted for
Jnmes P. Darby.
Studying the Ballots
It Is when he contemplates a primary
ballot that the average man realizes most
keenly how mnny folks there are in town be
never heard of.
r ' N
When It comes to choosing four magis
trates out of forty-seven candidates, the
customnrv procedure Is to pick out the
names that sound most Anglo-Saxon.
It struck us as nn entertaining coinci
dence that the names of Jertnon nud Kam
merand came next to ench other on the Re
publican ballot.
We couldn't resist voting for James P.
Dnrb.v. In honor of our well-beloved Darby
creek.
But we were sorry thnt Mortimer N.
Wisdom nppeared only on the ballot of the
other party. We would have liked to give
him a hand.
Said Edgar Lank to Edwin Boric,
"It looks to me like- the old, old Rtory."
Said Edwin Ilorie to Edgar Lank.
"Cheer up! It's only the evening's shank!"
Snid Colontuono to Nnrdello,
"We'll divide the spaghetti vote, old fel
low." Remarked Nardcllo to Colontuono,
"it's all pro Republicnno bono."
Said Edward Roach to Bill McCoach.
"Our names do rhyme most charmingly."
Said Bill McCoach to Edward Roach,
"There's Joe Magee nnd Hank McKce."
Said, Patrick P. Conway to Bill McCarty,
"I see you're enrolled with the Orand Old
Party."
Said Bill McCarty. "I think it's wicket:
I sec jour name twice on every ticket."
"Till I hear the results," said John It.
Minehart,
"I'm going home and read Mary Roberts
Rlnehart."
Said William Best to Joe McCullcn,
"I'll have to admit I'm feeling sullen."
Said Joe. "Why the peevish mood you're
in'"
"1'm.afrnid the Best man will not win."
Said Pierson Stackhouse to John C. Parker,
"Than our success whnt could be dnrkcr?"
John Clinton Parker replied, "Oh, no.
You've forgotten Wescott and Donohoe."
Said Albert Schad to Walter Rramwell,
"To speak with candor. I know damn well
I'll get some votes, upon my oath.
What ticket? Boy, I'm on them both."
Said John J. McCabe to A. Jefferson Dunn,
"You might just as well have never run;
What chance has A. Jefferson got. I'll say,
Against a guy with the name John J.?"
Senator Vare brings this point out. As a
matter of fact there is nothing in the con
stitution of the United States or of the state
of Pennsylvania which would prevent aces
ident of Pittsburgh running for Congress In
n Philadelphia district. It is largely a mat
ter of the local will. To be a congressman
from liny district in Pennsylvania the can
didate must be a bona fide resident of the
state. This was threshed out in the Third
district when Henry Burk and later fleorge
A. Castor represented. There was always
some quibbling about the residence of each
of them. When Castor died, Moore, the
present representative, resided in the Fourth
district nnd contemplated running for Con
gress from that district. He was urged to
ntne the fight in the Third district to suc
ceed Castor and did so, advising the conven
tion which nominated him that he would
move into the district and maintain a bona
fide residence there if elected. Since that
tunc he has resided in the Fifth ward.
.
THE Mariners Church is approaching Its
centennial anniversary. The sailors
visiting the port of Philadelphia have known
nnd loved this famous old Institution, which
was founded in 1810. At times the work of
maintaining the old church has been diffi
cult but -the pastor and trustees have stood
bv and it still remains a-monument to its
founders. . Dr. Upward Preston McHenry
is the pastor, James Hewitt treasurer and
the trustees are made up of men long devoted
to the uplift. They include Oeorge II.
Stuart. Jr.. Charles F. Frasch, John Woods,
Jr., William H. Frasch, James Ilarr, Harry
It. Wilson, Knuil Nllnen and Sigvald t.
Jenssen.
i
RICHARD F. QUINN is known to every
letter carrier in Philadelphia and hun
dreds more over the United States. For
venrs he was president of the FhlUdelpU
Letter Carriers' Association. in auu.i.uu,
he has been a delegate a number of times
to the conventions of the National As
sociation of Letter Carriers.
Mr. Qulnn is head of the executive board
of nn important committee of the na
tional convention of letter carriers recently
in session in this city. ......
"Dick" Quinn is one of the oldest letter
enrriers in Philadelphia In point of service.
Like most letter carriers In the course of
years, he came to be regarded on two routes
In West Philadelphia as a daily domestic
Institution.
For thirty years he has been in the Pnila
.i.lnliln nostal service. N
Tn that time, counting 300 days of service
to the year and three miles of walking each
day, carrying an average of -200 pieces of
mailv each weighing a qusrter of an ounce,
he has traveled a distance equal to once
around the earth and as far as from New
York to Petrograd additional.
He has handled 1,080,000 pieces of, mall,
a total of 1548 tons, which would require
seventy -seven postal cars with a capacity
of twenty tons each to accommodate.
And he Is good for many more years of
service.
pORiytT J. mU'NKEIt and Charles 8.
" Hawkins have a wa of dropping in upon
political meetings when least expected. Not
that they are betting men, but they like
the novelty of the thing nnd want to kerp
posted on the trend of public sentiment. The
other night at a meeting of Italians in West
Philadelphia, "Cy" Hawkins, occupied a con
spicuous place upoh the platform and ap
plauded every point of oratory, whether
made in English or Italian. When the
band struck up the "Star Spangled Ban
ner," Cy Rrunker stood at attention, hat
off, with the loyal Americans of Italian an
cestry. ' ' . 1
Other people's troubles aren't a cir
cumstance to Camden's zone. ,
Wn couldn't help wonderinr, as we'eait
J""!, modest vote for Harry Wescott, -why
I , hiladelphla ballot-boxes look so much like
the street -cleaners' cans.
Of course It Is no affair of ours, but It
seems that Independence Hall, the ark of
the constitution, ought to discountenance
anything In the way of liquorish Implements.
We are thinking of John Paul Jones's ale
mug that reposes In a glass case In the
museum In the east wing.
And how about the embroidered silk
waistcoat of Charles Carroll of Carrollton,
worn at the signing of the Declaration?
The large claret stain on the bulge of the
garment has been carefully preserved and
venerated for more than 140 years. Isn't'
It time It was dry-cleaned out?
We observe that when the President got
to Portland the populace sang "The Stars
and Stripes."
We've been wondering what that anthem
may be. We don't believe we know It. If
it's, something better than the "Stkr Span
gled Banner" we wish the Pacific coast
would tell us about It.
"Rex"
Just 'a little ball of fluffy fur
Just a tiny mite of baby dog ;
Two appealing eyes that shine like stars,
Fuzzy body, rounded like a log.
Little ears absurdly out of line :
Coal-black nose that sniffs and cuddles
near;
T,iny feet, unsteady, like a babe's,
Puppy voice, so shrill, and yet so clear.
Just a foolish mite of black and white,
Two black eyes, fluorescent in the dark;
Clumsy little body, fat and smooth,
Tin.vtecth, and funny little bark.
Fuzzy pup. I'm captured by your charm.
With your clumsy walk, our winning
way:
Little ball of fluff, with" stubby tail.
In my heart you've set yourself to stay!
II. L. BELLEM.
A medical man, who withholds his name,
tells us that he was motoring along a coun
try road recently, on a very warm after
noon. Along the way he saw a large alcn
which read :
DOCTOR SWETT'R ROOT BEER
"Severe pathological condition due to pro
hibition," he said to himself
Bob Hollidny, editor of The Bookman,
tells us that when John Buchan, the well
known author, was In the B. E. F. rending
official press dispatches from France he
quoted in one of his telegrams Kipling's
line, "The captains and the kings depart."
The field censor wasn't taking any chances
and promptly deleted "and the kings."
There's a Reason
Why is it that the man, who looks in al
most everj shop window when he is alone
is so averse to doing so when accompanied
by his wife?
Especially if the Barbers Strike
Congress has decided not to give Oenrral
Pershing a sword. Considering all the talk
there has been about that grim, clean-shaven
jaw. it seems to us that a safety razor
would be in order. SOCRATES.
A TOAST
(Xoah icim 600 year? old trhrn the floo4'f
irofcr icni upon the earth Genesis, vii, 6)
HAIL! fireat Captain Noah who
Built the Great Ark:
He gave the first Picnic and Ft
Started the Park:
First Life-Saving Service Man
Woman and Beast :
And every Born Thing both the
Greatest and Least.
The First Weather Rureati First
Carrier -Bird:
First Naval Parade- and First
Circus we've heard:
For Science and Art First
Collector plensc mark ;
Oh Here's to Orcat Noah who
Uullt the Great Ark I
Emma N. Carleton in Book Catalogue of
Nosh Farnum Morrison
D'Annunzio's "Trip to Fitime" is a bit
of free verse that Entente critics will review
with decided distaste.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What is the highest altitude ever reached
by an airplane?
'2. How much higher is this than the top
of Mt. Everest?
3. Whnt is a homuncule?
4. What is the origin of the word carni
val?
T. What is Admiral von Tirpltz's first
name?
0. How many future Presidents of the
United States were members vf the
convention which framed the federal
constitution?
7. Who wrote the "Ode to a Skylark"?
8. Name two English words for which
there is said to be no rhyme.
0. Who was American minister to the
Netherlands during the war?
10. What is the Scotch form of the surname
, Johnson?
Answers to Yesterday' Quiz
1. The three native names for Switzerland
are Schweiz (German), Suisse
(French), and Swlzzera (Italian)
2. Torquated bird Is one with a ring of
peculiar color or texture of hair or
plumage about the necje.
3. Ex-Emperor Karl, of Austria, is said
to be planning to take up his per
manent residence in Santander,
Spain.
4. Whig is short for "Whlggamnr," an
early name for a Scotch covenanter,
said to be derived from the Scotch
"whig," jog, urge on.
B. Tory originally meant Irish robber. It
comes from the Irish word "tolridhe."
6. Longitude lints run north and south
between the poles. Latitude lines
run ground with earth, parallel with
the equator.
7. Thomas Sheraton vyas a celebrated
English cabinet maker and designer
of furniture. His dates are 1751
lRfKJ. 8. Fishing Is called the "gentle craft" intn
punning sese. Gentles are the larvae
of flesh-flies, formerly used as bait.
0. A widow's weeds are her garments. The
word is from the Anglo-Saxon',
"waed," garment,
lo. Welsh rabbit Is correct,' not Welsh
rarebit.
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